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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trek \Trek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trekked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Trekking}.] [Written also {treck}.] [D. trekken. See
     {Track}, n.] [South Africa]
     1. To draw or haul a load, as oxen.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


     2. To travel, esp. by ox wagon; to go from place to place; to
        migrate. [Chiefly South Africa]
  
              One of the motives which induced the Boers of 1836
              to trek out of the Colony.            --James Bryce.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trek \Trek\, n. [Written also {treck}.] [D. Cf. {Track}, n.]
     The act of trekking; a drawing or a traveling; a journey; a
     migration. [Chiefly South Africa]
  
           To the north a trek was projected, and some years later
           was nearly carried out, for the occupation of the
           Mashonaland.                             --James Bryce.
  
     {Great Trek}, the great emigration of Boers from Cape Colony
        which began in 1836, and resulted in the founding of the
        South African Republic and Orange Free State.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trek
       n 1: a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by
            a group of settlers)
       2: any long and difficult trip
       v 1: journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the
            summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas"
       2: make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the
          North Pole with sleds and skis"
       [also: {trekking}, {trekked}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "trek":
     campaign, circuit, course, cruise, emigrate, emigration, excursion,
     expatriate, expatriation, expedition, fare, flight, flit,
     globe-trot, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, grand tour,
     hit the trail, immigrate, immigration, in-migrate, in-migration,
     intermigrate, intermigration, jaunt, journey, junket,
     make a journey, make a pilgrimage, make a trip, migrate, migration,
     out-migrate, out-migration, outing, package tour, passage,
     peregrinate, peregrination, peregrinations, pilgrim, pilgrimage,
     pleasure trip, progress, range the world, remigrate, remigration,
     round trip, rubberneck, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sally, shoot,
     sight-see, stalk, swarm, swarming, take a trip, take the road,
     take wing, tour, transmigrate, transmigration, travels, trip, turn,
     voyage, wayfare
  
  

















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